Google Drive just accidentally deleted years of data • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Drive just accidentally deleted years of data

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Post by meepmorp » Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 5:06 PM UTC

a_band wrote: post #5

meepmorp wrote: post #3

The actual headline is: > Google Drive deleted six months worth of files. Here’s what happened and the fixes.

If you read in the links, users are reporting more than six months. It sounds like entire accounts have been wiped. I think the "six months" is coming from the original report but looks like it could be longer.

Great, then submit a link to the other reports, not a blog post that says 6 months and doesn't expand on that.

Re: Google Drive just accidentally deleted years of data

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Post by simonblack » Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 7:44 PM UTC

If you don't have sufficient responsibility for your own files, how do you expect somebody else to care more about them than you do?

Ever since a disaster with a Dropbox configuration in 2011, I've only relied on myself and not on anybody else to keep my files safe and available world-wide.

Re: Google Drive just accidentally deleted years of data

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Post by 7e » Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 5:06 AM UTC

simonblack wrote: post #12

If you don't have sufficient responsibility for your own files, how do you expect somebody else to care more about them than you do? Ever since a disaster with a Dropbox configuration in 2011, I've only relied on myself and not on anybody else to keep my files safe and available world-wide.

This is like saying you need to perform your own appendectomy because you care more about your body than the surgeon does. Do you also fly your own jumbo jet when you travel? Grow all of your own food?